Cowgirls Head To Kansas City For Big 12 Championship

Game Notes

Oklahoma State Cowgirls
(8-19, 3-15 Big 12) • Head Coach: Jim Littell (11th Year — 203-139)
vs.
Texas Tech Lady Raiders

(11-18, 4-14 Big 12) • Head Coach: Krista Gerlich (16th Year — 310-180)

Game 28 · March 10, 2022 · 5:30 p.m.
Venue: Municipal Auditorium (10,116)
Video: WatchESPN.com
TV: Big 12 Now on ESPN+ (Brenda VanLengen, Holly Warlick)
Radio: KGFY — 105.5 FM (Casey Kendrick, Latricia Trammell)
Live Stats: http://statb.us/c/b12/383853
Tickets: Big12Sports.com
Social Media: Twitter — @osuwbb, Instagram — @osuwbb
Facebook — www.facebook.com/CowgirlBasketball/

What 2 Watch 4
• Oklahoma State's women's basketball team will head to Kansas City this week for Big 12 Championship action.
• The ninth-seeded Cowgirls will face No. 8 seed Texas Tech at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday inside Municipal Auditorium.
• On Monday, Lauren Fields was named a second-team All-Big 12 selection. Her recognition marks the 16th time OSU has had a player named to the all-conference first or second team under head coach Jim Littell.
• Kassidy De Lapp has 90 career blocked shots, which ranks eighth in school history and is 19 away from seventh place.
• Recently, OSU had a league-leading eight student-athletes named to the Academic All-Big 12 squad.
• Abbie Winchester, Kassidy De Lapp, Micah Dennis, Lauren Fields, Taylen Collins, Lexy Keys, Neferatali Notoa and Brittany Reeves all earned the distinction.
• OSU's total is tied for the seventh most by any program since the Big 12 was formed in 1995-96. Additionally, the Cowgirls have placed 43 student-athletes on the first team since 2015-16, more than any other team in the league.
• OSU has five losses by four points or less on the season.
• Lauren Fields was one of seven players named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District 7 squad recently.
• She is now a candidate for Academic All-America honors, which will be announced in mid-March.

Know The Foe
• The Cowgirls will look to run their winning streak to six in a row over Texas Tech.
• OSU swept the regular-season series from the Lady Raiders to tie the all-time series at 35 apiece.
• The Lady Raiders enter play ranked 27th nationally in 3-point field-goal percentage at 35.4 percent.
• Lexy Hightower ranks first among league players in 3-point field-goal percentage at 45.9 percent.

OSU At The Big 12 Championship
• The Cowgirls are 16-24 all time at the Big 12 Championship, including a 5-9 mark under head coach Jim Littell.
• The Cowgirls are 1-1 all time at the event as the No. 9 seed.
• OSU and Tech last met in tourney action on March 9, 2013, which resulted in a 59-54 Cowgirl victory in Dallas.
• OSU is 2-4 all time in Big 12 Championship play against Texas Tech.

Last Time Out
• Texas was OSU's ninth ranked foe of the year and the third in the last four outings for the Cowgirls.
• For the second game in a row, Lauren Fields recorded a career-high six steals.

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Players Mentioned

Taylen Collins

Kassidy De Lapp

Micah Dennis

Lauren Fields

Lexy Keys

Neferatali Notoa

Brittany Reeves

Abbie Winchester

Oklahoma State University Athletics